In tokyo, and vulnerable communities here at home. And back to the former guy, one of Donald Trumps close friends busted by The Feds and it goes straight back to what was happening inside the trump administration. Well get to that developing legal story in just a moment, and a lot more on this wednesday, july 21st, but first, willie, lets begin with the very latest on the virus. Good morning, mika, the dangerous, highly contagious Delta Variant as of this morning was responsible for 83 of new covid infections, a full seven months after the first highly effective vaccine became available in this country. Hospitals are inundated with a surge of patients who are very sick, and the number of cases is climbing across the country. This latest wave is impacting the most vulnerable states and communities that have low Vaccination Rates. In a moment, Nbcs Gabe Gutierrez will report from louisiana on why people are deciding not to get the shot. First, Miguel Almaguer with the latest numbers. Ins
Over how to pay for the Infrastructure Bill. What happens if republicans block the vote scheduled for later Today Sdmroop and Tom Brady and his Tampa Bay buccaneers celebrate at the White House. Did brady really poke fun at President Biden during his visit . You bet he did. And its way too early for this. Good Morning And Welcome to way too early, the show that congratulates the Milwaukee Bucks on their title and is not even going to try to pronounce yanniss last name. We begin with the explosive Fourth Wave of covid19. The dangerous Delta Variant is now responsible for 83 of new infections, this is a full seven months after the first highly effective vaccine became available in this country. Yet hospitals are, begin, inundated with a surge of patients. The wave is crashing over the most vulnerable states. Miguel almaguer has the latest. Inside a growing number of hospitals across the country, there is little doubt our nation has entered a Fourth Wave, an explosive Summer Surge in covi
welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. ghana in west africa has become the first country to receive vaccines under a scheme that aims to reduce the divide between rich countries and poorer nations. a delivery of 600,000 doses of the astrazeneca vaccine arrived in accra. the covax scheme aims to deliver 2 billion doses globally by the end of the year. 0ur science editor david shukman reports. live coverage of a momentous delivery in ghana. the first coronavirus vaccines arriving as part of a massive global effort. a scheme known as covax that aims to reach 20% of people in the poorest countries with at least 2 billion doses, and this consignment isjust the start. the ambition to reach that first 20% and the 2 billion doses is to do so within this first year, so maybe within the next 12 months, let s say. but to go beyond that, i think the thinking is to achieve that as fast as possible. these first doses are of the oxford astrazeneca vaccine, made in in
and revealed the van gogh painting hidden from public view for the past 100 years that marked a turning point in his career. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. on pbs in america ghana in west africa has become the first country to receive vaccines under a scheme that aims to reduce the divide between rich countries and poorer nations. a delivery of 600,000 doses of the astrazeneca vaccine arrived in accra. the covax scheme aims to deliver 2 billion doses globally by the end of the year. 0ur science editor david shukman reports. the arrival of the vaccines. live coverage of a momentous delivery in ghana. the first coronavirus vaccines arriving as part of a massive global effort. a scheme known as covax that aims to reach 20% of people in the poorest countries with at least 2 billion doses, and this consignment isjust the start. the ambition to reach that first 20% and the 2 billion doses is to do so within this first year, so maybe within the next
olympics is brisbane in australia. hello and welcome. european leaders are meeting later on thursday to work out how to speed up the roll out of vaccines across the continent. the eu s vaccination rate is lagging significantly behind that of the uk and us. the united kingdom is ahead of european countries by some margin. since the eighth of december when vaccinations began, 27.34 people in every hundred have received the jab in the uk. in spain, 6.77 in a hundred have been vaccinated. in germany, the figures is 6.41. italy is not far behind with 6.12 per hundred people. and france has only vaccinated 5.66 people per hundred in the population. a few countries are now reporting that some are reluctant to take the british astrazeneca vaccine, after states including france and germany made the decision not to use it on older patients. here s our europe correspondentjean mackenzie. none of the key they have planned for. inside, chairs sit empty. belgium s largest vaccination centr